Morgue-table.



No. 859,206. PATENTED-JULY 9, 907. w. H. DAYHOPF.

MORGUE TABLE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 8, 1906.

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WILLIAM H. DAYHOFF, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

MORGUE-TAB LE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

* Application filed 138081111191 8,1906. Serial No. 346,916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DAYHOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Morgue-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in morgue tables.

The object is the construction of a table, composed of porcelain, earthen ware or any suitable material, which may be adjusted to any position and from which the fluids used in the embalming process may be readily drained.

The invention consists of a table higher in the center than at the sides or ends, having a drain at the edges leading underneath the table, the head portion being lower than the center, with grooves extending from the center toward the edges, the table being mounted upon a central standard and adjustable to any desired height or position.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view of my invention in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the table taken in line a;1 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on line r al), Fig. 2.

Referring to the illustration in which like parts are designated by similar letters of reference, A is the table and B the base on which the table is supported. The table is a slab of porcelain or other suitable niaterial, and is made in one solid piece. On the line a:y through the middle the table is raised, sloping gradually toward the sides. At the upper end, or where the head of the corpse is adapted to rest, the surface of the table is depressed to permit the fluids to flow from the face and head and away from the other parts of the body. On each side and at the foot of the table at the edges are drains b, 12, into which the fluid flows from the center and with which the head portion is connected. Below the head the grooves c, 0, lead from the elevated center diagonally toward the drains and facilitate the flow of the fluid in that direction. At the foot of the table an opening (1 is provided in the drain which is lower at this point, converging toward the opening, and a tube or spout 6 extends downward under which a receptacle may be placed to receive the fluid. Underneath the table is reinforced by being thicker in the middle, corresponding with the upper surface and at the center a groove f is made through the lips of which, f and f are openings 9, g. The groove is adapted to fit the upper end of a standard h, supported in the base B, a bolt i, pivotally securing the table to the standard. To one of the lips f is cast a semicircular band j, having openings 1:, k. A bolt Z is adapted to secure the band to the standard which is adapted to slide into the base. By adjusting the bolt in the holes of the band the table may be tilted to any desired angle. The standard h is provided with the threads at to which is fitted the wheel n which rests upon the base. By turning the wheel in either direction the table is raised or lowered as desired. In one side of the upper part of the base is a slot 0 and on the sides of the slot the lugs p, p, through. which is passed a bolt r. The bolt and the openings in the lugs being threaded, an arm 8, secured to the end of the bolt, is provided to draw together the lugs and thus tighten the base around the standard to secure the latter in the position where placed and prevent its turning.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. A morgue table consisting of a single slab, the middle being raised and sloping gradually toward the sides, the head or upper end being depressed, drains on each side of the table leading from the head portion and converging at the foot, an opening at the foot through which the fluid may pass off, and grooves leading diagonally from the elevated center toward the drains, substantially as described.

2. In a morgue table, the combination of a table consisting of a slab elevated at the middle and sloping into drains at the sides, the head or upper part being depressed and the drains leading from said head depression, with a base on which said slab is supported, and means for raising and lowering the slab and tilting it at any desired angle, substantially as described;

W'ILLIAM H. DAYHOFF.

Witnesses G. E. BARR, H. C. GARDINER. 

